The Beehive Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was piping hot which is always good and cooked to perfection."
• "The food and presentation was excellent."
• "The food was great, I had the tomahawk pork chop with huge chunky chips which was really tasty and there was plenty of it."
• "Food was absolutely amazing and staff were helpful and unimposing."
• "Food was fantastic...Yorkshire pudding was the best! The roast beef was like cutting into butter and melted."
• "Meals were in generous portion and were delicious."
• "Food was beautiful and even though it was busy it was very quick."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately my friend couldn't eat his fryed egg due to the fact it wasn't cooked, the white of the egg was just laying on top uncooked."
• "The quality of the food was poor for the price I'm sorry to say."
• "Chips warm up and dry salad very poor."
• "Second visit to The Beehive today was very disappointing food was extremely greasy will not be returning anytime soon."
• "Food was not very nice, staff unfriendly, out of date mustard."
• "The food was rammel! Meat on Sunday roast full of fat, veg was as hard as frozen."
• "Main meal disappointing as very heavily seasoned with pepper on chicken dish and roast pork."

Service

Pros:

• "Served by a delightful young lady named Abbey."
• "Staff were friendly and attentive."
• "Service was impeccable. Nothing was too much trouble."
• "The staff are extremely pleasant and attentive making the whole experience a delight."
• "Staff couldn't have been more helpful."
• "Quick service friendly and polite staff."
• "The staff were really welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

• "Booked a table for my sons birthday only to be informed that there was a 45minute wait for food."
• "The waitress didn’t listen got our drinks and food orders wrong."
• "We had to get up and ask if we could order drinks and the waitresses were more interested in chatting to each other rather than serving, very poor!!!"
• "The service was very slow and not that friendly to be honest."
• "No table reserved on arrival despite using the online booking service."
• "Service not very attentive and felt we were left."
• "Service was very very slow practically non existent."

Value

Pros:

• "Great value for money."
• "Good food reasonably priced."
• "Excellent meal, good pricing compared to other higher-end food establishments."
• "Very reasonably priced."
• "It's not as cheap as some pubs but it's very reasonable nonetheless."
• "Overall a really nice place serving good pub food at a reasonable price."
• "A fine pub located in a pleasant village with good food and beer at very fair prices."

Cons:

• "The price is slightly on the high side if you don't get the quality in the first place."
• "So average meals for above average prices."
• "£10 for a king prawn starter, was a tonne of onion and eight prawns, barely king."
• "Very pricey for what you got, beer not cheap either."
• "Food is nice but a little on the expensive side."
• "Bit overpriced too."
• "Don't waste your money people, very disappointing and she didn't give two hoots as long as the tills were ringing."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "First visit, great decor, cosy and friendly, and kitchen and wait staff very fast."
• "The pub itself is lovely and so were the waiting staff."
• "Lovely place and atmosphere!"
• "The lay out is plushly comfortable, yet lends the element of satisfaction that can only come with serene surroundings."
• "A beautiful pub, with a lovely atmosphere."
• "The decor is amazing, well done."
• "Decided at last minute to go out for a meal... beautifully refurbished, plenty of parking."

Cons:

• "We just wanted a quiet afternoons lunch and was faced with 2 children who made more noise than I would ever dare when I was that age."
• "Eating food outside while all I could smell was the sewers little off putting."
• "The service and welcome were lukewarm."
• "Lack of space for a big group too."
• "Batter was thick and greasy on the fish and the chips weren't much better."
• "Clearly couldn't cater for the amount of people they had booked in, not enough crockery, missing meals, incomplete meals."
• "Very disappointed and not sure if I would return again."